ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,245, issued on Aug. 4.

"Portable, standalone device for muscle recovery by means of cryotherapy" was invented by Guillaume Modelski (Mauguio, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The standalone mobile device (10) for muscle recovery by cryotherapy comprises: a container (11) of pressurised fluid; an expander (12) for reducing the pressure of the pressurised fluid, fluidically connected to the container and equipped with an outlet (20) for the expanded gas; a sheet (13) of thermally conductive material configured to rest on the skin of the user, and equipped with a heat exchanger radiator (14) positioned on the path of the expanded ga...